UNIT 2: History and Memory

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What tools do world historians use in the study of history? This unit begins the study of
world history by examining its use of geographical and chronological frameworks: how they have
shaped the understanding of world history and been used to chart the past. It is related to Unit
2 because it demonstrates that historians-and the histories they tell-are shaped by their own world's concerns and intellectual frameworks. more
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Unit 6. Order and Early Societies

How do diverse political structures and relationships distribute power and material resources?
Through the rise of the Chinese empire, Mayan regional kingdoms, and the complex society of Igbo
Ukwu, this unit considers the origins of centralized states and alternative political and social
orders. It is related to Unit 2 because it demonstrates how historians can learn new things
about
the past through archaeology. more
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Unit 13. Family and Household

What does the study of families and households tell us about our global past? In this episode
examining West Asia, Europe, and China, families and households become the focus of historians,
providing a window into the private experiences in world societies, and how they sometimes become
a model for ordering the outside world. It is related to Unit 2
because it illustrates the important role of the family as an entity with its own memory and
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Unit 26. World History and Identity

How have global forces redefined both individual and group identity in the modern world? This
unit examines the transnational identity that emerged from the Chinese diaspora, and compares it
to a newly re-defined national Chechen identity forged through war with Russia. It is related to
Unit 2 because it demonstrates how individual and collective memories are important components of
identity even-or especially-in our own time.
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